Seo for Small Business Owners

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This is a presentation I recently gave at http://www.meetup.com/E-business-Owners/

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SEO For Small Business Owners

By: David Urmann

Nov 3, 2014

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Search Traffic

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jymloke/4476177332/

Paid Traffic

Get this to work and you can skip everything

else!

1. Pick Keywords – Purchase Traffic.

2. Send to Landing Page

3. Calculate Conversion and Value of Each Sale

4. Adjust Bids

About

Did you check more

than one? If so SEO

might be good.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewpixie/2123044587/

checklist: do you need SEO? Lots of Content

Lots of Content

Lots of Content

Lots of Content

Lots of Content

Lots of Content

Lots of Content.

About

What works?

1. Sites that Add Value to a User.

2. Sites with Low Bounce Rates / High CTR

3. Sites with Authority Links.

4. Sites with Natural Link Profiles.

About Think like Google?

About Think like Google?

About Think like Google?

About

Site Quality Factors

Site Quality

Bounce Rate

Time on Page

Incoming Links

Social Shares

Duplicate Content

W3C Complaint

Design

Usability

Age

Site Speed

Respects Copyrights

Excessive Ads

Security

Expert Content

Quality Control

Freshness

English Grammar

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Click Through Rates?

<head> <meta name="description" content="Here is a description of the applicable page"> </head>

Meta Descriptions / Titles

Title

Source: http://www.searchmetrics.com/

Why do links matter?

Why do links matter?

About

good links vs. bad links:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/editor/172690560/

About Where to get links? http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/

Paid Directory

Search Engine

Classified Ads

How did they get this from Bing?

Easy to get started with Pinterest

Flickr group - good idea!

Who wrote this? Talk to them.

Where to get Links?

About

Picture Sharing Sites

Blog Commenting

Forums

Social Profiles

Startup Listing Sites

Business Directories

Niche Directories

Contest Sites

CrowdSourcing

Infographics

Guest Posting

Video Sites

Document Sharing

Events

Badges

Make Content Shareable

Where to get Links?

Tip: Domain diversity

A Natural Link Profile

Question: What about “No Follow” links?

About

1. Have a story.

2. If you don’t have a story make it up.

3. Put yourself in the shoes of the reporter.

Getting Press

About Guest Posting Tip: Don’t waste time on things like Blog Exchanges.

About Panda and Duplicate Content

Panda and Duplicate Content

Test: WWW vs nonWWW Version of your pages.

What Gets Shared?

Likes/Views= 5%

Social Engagement Visually Appealing Rich Content

Creating Content

Social Media Tips

Favor Engagement over Likes/Followers

Would You Share Your Own Content?

Images and Video Get More Shares

It’s a Conversation

Don’t buy Fake Followers

Reshare Your Best Content Periodically

Tracking Results